Performance evaluation of ARQ operations with OBP and inter-satellite links: delay performance

Author

Chen, Abel ; Chang, Ching-Ten ; Yao, Yu-Dong

Author_Institution

San Diego State Univ., CA, USA

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2346

Abstract

This paper investigates ARQ operation in a satellite communications system with inter-satellite links. The satellite is considered to have on-board processing (OBP) capability that differs from a conventional bent-pipe satellite system. The inter-link delay is analyzed for OBP ARQ via the technique of signal-flow graph and the result is compared to bent-pipe ARQ both with the selective-repeat scheme. A general scenario with multiple inter-satellite links is examined. The effect of buffer blocking to both throughput efficiency and delay are considered. An analytical result indicates that OBP ARQ although having an advantage over bent-pipe ARQ in throughput efficiency suffers in delay due to buffer queueing

Keywords

automatic repeat request; buffer storage; delays; satellite links; signal flow graphs; signal processing; ARQ operations; OBP; automatic-repeat-request; bent-pipe ARQ; bentpipe satellite system; buffer blocking; buffer queueing; delay performance; inter-link delay; inter-satellite links; on-board processing; performance evaluation; satellite communication protocol; satellite communications system; selective-repeat; signal-flow graph; throughput efficiency; Application software; Automatic repeat request; Buffer storage; Delay; Downlink; Error correction; Satellite communication; Signal analysis; Strontium; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2001. VTC 2001 Fall. IEEE VTS 54th

Conference_Location

Atlantic City, NJ

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7005-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VTC.2001.957168

Filename

957168